Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (d. 1610)
Robert Persons (24 June 1546 – 15 April 1610), later known as Robert Parsons, was an English Jesuit priest. He was a major figure in establishing the 16th-century "English Mission" of the Society of Jesus.
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